Bernadette wore a simple white blouse and sat quietly in the sitting room. Her chestnut hair fell naturally over her shoulders, and her straight eyebrows framed her face just so. She had the air of a professional woman from Earth, one accustomed to holding a high position.
That style of dress looks like something popular in the modern-day Strange Tales world inside the Spectral Empire... Abner's figure gradually appeared in the room. He studied Bernadette for a moment, then casually pulled out a chair and sat down.
He had visited several times over the past two months and had grown fairly familiar with Bernadette, so he felt little need for formality.
Bernadette glanced at him with eyes as blue as the depths of the sea. She did not take him to task for entering without knocking. After all, she had the same habit and was in no position to criticize him.
After having an invisible servant place a cup of black tea on the table before Abner, she said in a gentle, even voice:
"I received Cattleya's letter. What do you intend by suggesting she enter the upper ranks of the Moses Ascetic Order?"
Weren't you a Clairvoyant before? Didn't you get even a hint? Abner thought reflexively. Outwardly, he smiled and replied:
"Yaluolan of the Moses Ascetic Order is an Angel under Mr. Fool. She can be trusted completely. She rose to power by killing a Sage. Even if the other Pillars raised no objections out of fear, they won't truly side with her.
"So she naturally needs to cultivate people loyal to her... That's Cattleya's opportunity."
Bernadette looked at him and said at an unhurried pace, "But if the Hidden Sage succeeds in ascending to godhood, Cattleya will be in even greater danger... Would that Mr. Fool really